TVGuide.com has started listed KPIX 5.1 CBS when I do a search on zip 93933 (Marina, CA, just north of Monterey). I don't think they have done this in past. Has KPIX put up a translator in the Monterey area?

TVGuide.com has started listed KPIX 5.1 CBS when I do a search on zip 93933 (Marina, CA, just north of Monterey). I don't think they have done this in past. Has KPIX put up a translator in the Monterey area?

They both do a great job, TVGuide is now in Canada and they just are out of sync with the real world.

I use the same listings as Zap2It which cost me $25 / Year to schedule automatically the captures I wish. Well, with some errors as KQED Inc. is listing all the programs on KQET (KQED+) as HD and I just opened a ticket to get that changed. How can a program made in 1955 be HD?

TVGuide.com has started listed KPIX 5.1 CBS when I do a search on zip 93933 (Marina, CA, just north of Monterey). I don't think they have done this in past. Has KPIX put up a translator in the Monterey area?

Chuck

No KPIX translator in the Monterey area.
KPIX reception there may not be possible due to local co-channel usage.
Ben

No KPIX translator in the Monterey area.
KPIX reception there may not be possible due to local co-channel usage.
Ben

Sometime in the next year KTVU has to build out their 2009 construction permit for converting K29AB to digital or take the analog station off the air in a little more than a year from now. If it goes off the air it may be easier to receive KPIX in the far south.

Audio problems on 3-1, for old mono speaker tvs.... have been fixed.
So the left audio channel is working now...
K03HY RF-3 (3-1)

Thanks. I should have fixed this earlier. I now the OMI networked TV stations more to make sure they look good. I live five miles north of Santa Rosa and don't have access to Cable, DSL, and most TV stations don't come in. I have T1 for my internet access. I had a cellular antenna up high in a redwood tree to get internet at one time. I thought to myself, I wonder if that will pick up my station. I hooked the antenna up to my TV, and would you guess that the only TV station it picks up is KFTY-LD RF 2 / Virtual 45. Now, I watch God TV every evening. We're going to put Daystar on our stations. The mux I ordered from Anywave has been excessively delayed, but to get a jump on things I'll put Daystar temporarily on the .3 channel. Please do let me know how well K03HY-D is doing signal-wise in San Francisco. It looks to me that it is tough to receive it further south than the San Fran and Oakland airports. I did also improve the uplink. Our uplink is licensed for about 90 watts input power. I had only been inputting 20 watts. I put in a new amplifier and have it at 50 watts. I'll crank up the power more, since I noticed a few glitches Wednesday morning when there was rain in Santa Rosa.

Please do let me know how well K03HY-D is doing signal-wise in San Francisco.

I can't comment on that but I have had enough time now to comment on KFTY-LD. It's in here better than 99% of the time. It does vary a lot but about 22 dB SNR is average. I've seen it as high as 28 dB on occasions. The repositioning of the K03HY antenna has lessened the interference to KCSO to the point where it never overrides KCSO anymore.

My new TV Fool list shows that K02QX is predicted to have a 9 dB higher SNR than KFTY so they'll probably interfere with each other. That will be less of an issue when KFTY moves as it is predicted to be weaker. Any idea when K02QX will be on?

If it goes off the air it may be easier to receive KPIX in the far south.

Chuck

It will only be "easier" in places like Gilroy, & Morgan Hill.

I'm not so sure about the Monterey Market gaining anything because of it.
I sampled signals from Soledad, Salinas, & Aromas and found a similar pattern.

KICU from Monument peak (and the Monument peak stations) are difficult, but possible.
The only "Bay Area" tv tower farm areas that work there would be Loma Prieta & Monument Peak locations.
I have never seen any trace of Sutro tower there, except KGO 7 from Aromas (Near the fire station).
I have seen better results with KSBY-6 coming in down there.

Larry Kennys' location represents close proximity to Sutro tower.
I do not recall Larry ever getting Mt. Toro or Fremont Peak stations in San Francisco.

So my reception sampling experience on the Salinas valley floor .... is exactly the same as Larrys (reverse location)
Nothing from Sutro tower reaches ..... the Salinas valley floor towns.

I have never received a signal from either Mt. Toro or Fremont Peak here in San Francisco. My antennas are at 345 feet ASL but I have a hill two blocks away that's about 40 feet higher than my antennas in that general direction to the Southeast, so I'm sure that helps block signals from that direction. I do receive the stations from the South Bay - 1, 14, 36, 48 and 54 - okay, but I don't see the translators for KTVU and KGO and I don't receive the analog station that's on channel 6.

The only reason I have the 2nd antenna (RCA) is to get channel 8's NBC, and the ABC (8.2) is certainly nice also. Seems like overkill though...

Just yesterday I took-down the C4 and replaced it with a DB4e. By most accounts, the C4 is a great little antenna, and it did well for us, but FOX and CBS (2.1 and 5.1) were never very reliable. I am now seeing improved SNR's with the DB4e. It still seems to have its moments with those two channels though...

That said, I noticed that I am getting channel 8 with the DB4e (RCA antenna not connected). The SNR is around 20 to 21, and breaks-up occaissionaly though. So, finally my question...

What modification can I do the DB4e to help better secure channel 8, allowing me to ditch the RCA antenna, and essentially use one, a modified DB4e? Maybe a "simple" dipole? I was thinking such and even have some copper pipe here too...

I had been using the RCA preamp with its dual inputs, so with only one antenna input, there is much more preamp selection too. I had a new CM-7777 in the garage that I am now able to use, and I am...

KTNC 42.4 is absent, no PSIP, no picture. Did they do anything to their signal? Been seeing a lot of them the last 2 days. Around 21db signal strength right now, haven't seen anything on 14 in many months, not even just a signal reading below the digital cliff.

What modification can I do the DB4e to help better secure channel 8, allowing me to ditch the RCA antenna, and essentially use one, a modified DB4e? Maybe a "simple" dipole? I was thinking such and even have some copper pipe here too...

The DB4e is a UHF antenna. Channel 8 is on VHF. There is no mod you can perform to make the DB4e receive VHF any better than it does now, which is just an accident. It shows how strong KSBW is. You need a VHF antenna pointed to Fremont Peak.

KTNC 42.4 is absent, no PSIP, no picture. Did they do anything to their signal? Been seeing a lot of them the last 2 days. Around 21db signal strength right now, haven't seen anything on 14 in many months, not even just a signal reading below the digital cliff.

I see KTNC ( 2 PM 8/23/2014) at it's usual not quite good enough on the two antennas that receive it.

Correction:
I checked KGO VC 7 RF 35 and it is having problems from RF 35 to Toast0's antenna.

It's pretty easy to add a dipole to the DB4e. Antennas Direct offers two options but the easy one, the clip-on VHF Retrofit Kit is out of stock (you can find it on Amazon, though). The less easy option is to use the parts from a C2 VHF upgrade kit and mount it to the DB4e. There have been several posts and photos over at DHC of this project.

I saw the VHF Retrofit Kit alright. Quite affordable too... I had / have a concern, but maybe it's not a valid one.

Given the connections needed in the kit, is there going to be an associated loss on the UHF side? It goes through what looks like some type of combiner. I'm really walking the line on capturing several UHF signals...

KTNC 42.4 is absent, no PSIP, no picture. Did they do anything to their signal? Been seeing a lot of them the last 2 days. Around 21db signal strength right now, haven't seen anything on 14 in many months, not even just a signal reading below the digital cliff.

KTNC has been transmitting a black screen with PSIP of 42.4 for several weeks now, ever since they took the "This" movie channel off of their line up. They dropped 42.5, after removing RetroTV, but have left 42.4 up, even though it's got nothing on it.

I just checked their signal strength and it's about normal at 23 to 24 dB SNR here, so I don't think they've changed anything.

newbie here, I'm looking for some help from your knowledgeable group. I just put an AD91xg on my roof a few days ago, everything was fine & dandy till this morning, there was lighting storm and heavy rain all channel Are coming extremely weak I use a winegard preamp ap 269 on the 91xg w/ 60ft rg6. I get red light on amplifer when plugged like always. I get a stronger signal with the preamp off than plugged on. I visually looked at the balun box from afar on the 91xg it seems ok. No damage seen on balun or preamp. question is could it be box balun on the 91xg that shorted out? or preamp? if it is the balun can I call antennadirect for replacement this antenna suppose to have lifetime warranty. any help would be appreciated.

I get red light on amplifer part like it is always. I get a stronger signal with the preamp disconnected than with it on.

The red light is just the power supply indicator. That doesn't mean the amp is working, though. If you remove the amplifier (completely!) and signals improve, the amplifier has fried, it's not the antenna.

Well, I guess I'll need to decide if that minimal loss is worth it to get better VHF reception on channel 8. If I had plenty of signal strength to spare, it would not be much of a consideration... Thanks again.

I just put up a Clearstream 2 VHF/UHF antenna 22ft above the ground using a RCA preamp in Turlock today. It is pointed at 108 degrees magnetic (Meadow Lakes antenna farm, Fresno).

I was most impressed with KTNC's signal strength. It was one of the strongest stations, off the back side of the antenna. KTNC 42 (rf 14) is VERY strong in Turlock, guess I am just to close to the mountatins to get it at my house reliably.

I just put up a Clearstream 2 VHF/UHF antenna 22ft above the ground using a RCA preamp in Turlock today. It is pointed at 108 degrees magnetic (Meadow Lakes antenna farm, Fresno).

I was most impressed with KTNC's signal strength. It was one of the strongest stations, off the back side of the antenna. KTNC 42 (rf 14) is VERY strong in Turlock, guess I am just to close to the mountatins to get it at my house reliably.

I think KTNC has the widest coverage of any station in Northern California. They transmit from atop Mt. Diablo at 3156 feet HAAT with a clear shot over the Sacramento and Central Valleys and much of the San Francisco Bay Area as well. Can you believe that they're running on low power, too, due to interference with mobile radio? They're at just 12 kW, not the 40 kW that they're licensed for. I wonder how far up and down the valley they reach.